Gold medalist Zheng races into Cincinnati third round
Qinwen Zheng took care of Magdalena Frech 6-1, 7-5 on Friday in Cincinnati. Zheng will face Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova later in the day.
Qinwen Zheng US Open 2023 – Zuma / Panoramic
Qinwen Zheng, the No 7 seed, reached the last 16 of the Western & Southern Open by beating Pole qualifier Magdalena Frech 6-1, 7-5 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati on Friday afternoon.
Zheng, ranked No 7, is coming off a gold medal in women’s singles at the Paris Olympics. She understandably skipped the WTA Premier 1000 tournament in Toronto. Zheng will face Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova later on Friday at this rain-delayed Cincinnati event.
Frech, ranked No 48, got the best of Marie Bouzkova (3-6, 6-4, 6-3) in the previous round.
Cincinnati WTA 1000, other second-round results :
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Caroline Wozniacki (WC): 7-5, 6-4
- Jessica Pegula vs. Karolina Muchova: friday
- Jasmine Paolini (5) beat Anastasia Potapova: 7-6 (2), 6-3
- Mirra Andreeva beat Karolina Pliskova: 6-2, 6-3
- Paula Badosa beat Anna Kalinskaya (13): 6-3, 6-2
- Yulia Putintseva beat Coco Gauff (2): 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
- Taylor Townsend (Q) beat Daria Kasatkina (9): 6-1, 2-6, 6-1
- Liudmila Samsonova (10) beat Magda Linette: 7-6 (10), 6-1
- Aryna Sabalenka (3) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-3, 6-4
- Diana Shnaider beat Ashlyn Krueger (Q): 7-5, 6-0
- Leylah Fernandez beat Elena Rybakina (4): 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Elina Avanesyan (LL) beat Jelena Ostapenko (8): 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
- Elina Svitolina beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (LL): 6-4, 6-1
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Varvara Gracheva (Q): 6-0, 6-7 (8), 6-2
- Marta Kostyuk (15) beat Lulu Sun (Q): 6-3, 7-5
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